Igor Kantor

US Patent:

20160216711, Jul 28, 2016

Filed:

May 20, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/282205

Inventors:

- Arlington VA, US
Douglas M. Pasko - Bridewater NJ, US
Hani Batla - Teaneck NJ, US
Igor Kantor - Raleigh NC, US
Gurpreet Ubhi - Nutley NJ, US

Assignee:

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. - Arlington VA

International Classification:

G05D 1/10
B64C 39/02
B64D 47/08
G08G 5/00

Abstract:

A device receives a request for a mission that includes traversal of a flight path from one or more first locations to a second location and performance of mission operations, and determines required capabilities and constraints for the mission based on the request. The device identifies UAVs based on the required capabilities and the constraints, and calculates a cost effective mission plan, for the identified UAVs, based on the required capabilities and the constraints. The device generates mission plan instructions, for the cost effective mission plan, that include flight path instructions for the flight path and mission instructions for the mission operations. The device provides the mission plan instructions to the identified UAVs to permit the identified UAVs to travel from the one or more first locations to the second location, via the flight path, and to perform the mission operations.